To the public :: the dispute that has lately arisen in this place, on the merit of Dr. Latham's practice in the small-pox, has been managed on the part of his advocates with so much indecent bitterness ...

Putnam, Archelaus,

To the public : the dispute that has lately arisen in this place, on the merit of Dr. Latham's practice in the small-pox, has been managed on the part of his advocates with so much indecent bitterness ...

1774

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Putnam, Archelaus, 1744-1800.

Title

To the public : the dispute that has lately arisen in this place, on the merit of Dr. Latham's practice in the small-pox, has been managed on the part of his advocates with so much indecent bitterness ...

Imprint

[Salem, Mass.] : [Printed by Samuel and Ebenezer Hall], [1774]

Description

1 online resource (2 pages)

Summary

Writings by "Marcellus" and a "Writer of Truth" regarding the questionable methods used by Dr. Lantham in administering smallpox vaccinations in Salem.

Note

Signed: Salem [Mass.]. Marcellus. Followed by: To the public. When I wrote my last address I designed not again to solicit the attention of the public ... Signed: A lover of truth. Salem, April 9th, 1774.
Both addresses are generally attributed to Archelaus Putnam.
Presumably printed by Samuel and Ebenezer Hall, printers of the Essez gazette, in which appeared a number of articles, signed by A lover of truth, concerning the dispute.
Text in three columns.

Indexed In

Bristol B3817
Shipton & Mooney 42676
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1774
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1699

Source of Description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed December 11, 2019).

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Place of Publication or Printing

United States -- Massachusetts -- Salem